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12 sheets fresh lasagne

Method

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Toss the squash together with the olive oil in a roasting tin. Roast the squash for 30 mins until soft and golden. While the squash is roasting, mix the crème fraîche with half the Parmesan, then set aside.

When squash is ready, leave to cool slightly, then peel the skin away from the flesh. In a separate bowl, beat the ricotta with the chopped sage and remaining Parmesan and fold through the squash with some seasoning, trying not to break it up too much.

Assemble the bake by spreading a little of the crème fraîche mix over a gratin dish. Then lay some of the lasagne sheets over and splodge some of the ricotta and squash mix over the pasta with more crème fraîche. Use all the ricotta mix to fill the bake, but make sure you keep some crème fraîche for the top. Finally, spread the crème fraîche over the top layer of lasagne, then scatter with the whole sage leaves. The bake can now be frozen; defrost thoroughly before cooking. Bake for 25 mins until bubbling and golden, then serve cut into squares.

I made a portion of tomato sauce (2x400gr tins) and instead of the creme fraiche, added this first to the bottom of the pan. Then layered it over the no-cook lasagna sheets, and then finally over the squash mixture. With the creme fraiche this added enough moisture and my husband (not one for compliments) said he really like this recipe. Definitely one for the binder.

Well i'm glad I read a few of the comments before I attempted this dish. I changed the recipe as follows:- used penne pasta (I know this makes it a whole different dish!), added paprika to the roast squash and used a bechemel(spelling!) sauce with parmesan on top. I made sure I used plenty of sage and black pepper, but it could still have done with some more. I also put plenty of olive oil on the squash when I roasted it, and added this to the ricotta mixture to make sure it wasn't too dry.

I followed the recipe except for the fresh sage (forgot to buy any) as previous comment there wasnt enough crÃ¨me fraÃ®che mixture so I had to mix extra, it wasnt a big hit with the family so won't make this one again.

This was one of the tastiest things I've ever cooked. I know what people mean about it being a little dry - it's not as moist as a normal lasagne but 100 times tastier. It's delicious. I did as others suggested and added some roasted garlic and used a bit more creme fraiche and added some chilli - it is a wonderful dish that is even tastier cold! I personally wouldn't add the tomatoes like some have suggested but some suggestions to get it a little moister would be great.

I'm making this tonight. I'm going to roast the squash with garlic and red onion, use bechamel sauce instead of creme fraiche & parmesan, and probably add a layer of lasagne in the middle. Thanks for the tips everyone :)

I have to admit to being disappointed with this. Despite using double the amount of creme fraiche I still found it very dry. Nice flavour but it would need quite a bit of adapting to make it a really good dish.

fab dish, served this at a dinner party as a veggie alternative to lasagne and all the meat eaters finished it off!Have made this many times and each time been a success.I use garlic olive oil when roasting the squash for an extra bit of flavour

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